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 9* s. vi. A™, is, i9oo.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 125 15 in.; depth, 14 in. There are eight iron bands on the lid, extending down the front and intended to be continuous; at the back only six. The planks are 1J in. thick. There are two large iron handles, one at each end. In the front are three locks and two escut- cheons without locks apparently. It is for- tunate the modern restorer has not hitherto had access to this chest. Norman hatchet or adze work has suffered very seriously of late years at the hands of the restorer. The cross at Chichester has hitherto escaped restoration. The late Mr. Thomas Greene informed me some years ago that there was at that time a dangerous project on foot for its restoration. This happily came to nothing. I cannot attempt at this time to give any- thing like a proper monograph on this inter- esting and beautiful structure, the gift to the city of Bishop Storey, whose mitre, elegantly carved, is shown on the face looking to the north, possibly elsewhere. I am not now in a position to refer to the 'Sussex Archaeological Collections.' and can only mention here that the bishop's monu- ment in the cathedral does not seem at present to be clearly identified. The Pallant, or Palatinate, is, as it were, a subordinate city, exhibiting, I believe I am right in saying, four streets, the North, South, East, and West Pallant, corresponding to the four streets which meet at Bishop Storey's Cross. At the intersection there was for- merly a wooden cross, round which women from the country took their seats and sold eggs, poultry, <fec. I cannot give the date of tne removal of this cross; its inception must date, I suppose, from early times, long before those of Bishop Storey. If I had time I would consult the 'Sussex Archaeological Collections.' Mr. Thomas Greene, mentioned above as lately deceased, a native of Sussex and a resident of long standing in Chichester, where he practised for man}7 years as a soli- citor, had an office in one of the Pallants. His name should hardly be passed over when notes on this venerable, but now rather decayed city are at any time collected or compiled. He was an alderman of the city, but never served as mayor. 1 was staying at his house in 1887 when I contributed^ to 'N. & Q.' my note on the funeral of Chilling- worth and his burial in the south walk of the cloisters. Mr. Greene was a man of con- siderable literary activity, and was the author of a series of new 'Tracts for the Times'—so he entitled the tracts which were issued by him for many years. He was one of the trustees of St. John's Chapel—a statement which is sufficient to indicate to any one acquainted with Chichester the complexion of his religious views— and he had rather a large library of theological books. This, I understand, is now dispersed. Mr. Greene, had a high local reputation. When he died in the early part of this year, at the advanced age of over ninety, much notice was taken of his decease (although he had somewhat outlived his time) by tne local press, and the army of carriers which leaves the city on Mondays and Saturdays at about four o'clock carried the intelligence, " Mr. Greene is dead." The same day, viz., Monday, 29 January, the event would be known in this way in secluded places, such as Earnley, near the lonely Bracklesham Bay : and a notice of it was actually conveyed, I believe, before the day was out to the "arva beata" of the Witterings on the coast. I should much like to know why a turning out of the north side of East Street is called Little London. There is a place named Little London near Lavington and Graffham. With regard to this matter, however, I may again say that I have not as yet been able to look into the ' Sussex Archaeological Col- lections.' S. ARNOTT. Baling Green. EDWARD IBVING'S RESIDENCES IN LONDON. —Mrs. Oliphant's 'Life of Edward Irving,1 although sympathetically written, affords us but few glimpses of Irving's private life. His admirers would like to know something of his friends, his means, the story of the erec- tion of his church in Regent Square, his residences in London, ana so forth, all of which subjects are but lightly touched upon. Irving appears to have had only two London residences, the first in Myddelton Square, Pentonville, on the west side overlooking the New River reservoir, and backing at the rear on to Battle Bridge. The house was then known as No. 4, Myddelton Terrace, the square not having been completed. Carlyle, who was living at that time in Ampton Street, Gray's Inn Road, in the neighbour- hood, says : " Irving's house was fourth from the northern end of that [the west side of Myddelton Square], which of course had its left hand on the New Road" (Carlyle, ' Reminiscences,' i. 212). Mr. Wheatley states that Irving lived in Judd Street in 1830 after leaving Myddelton Square, but this does not appear to have been the case. There are letters from him in 1829 in Mrs. Oliphant's 'Life,'dated from 13, Judd Place East, St. Pancras, which was